2662 résultats pour "regions"

• Mesoamerica.

  for cooking. In other regions, the earliest ceramics are more sophisticated technically and aesthetically. At around 1800 BC in the Pacific coastal region of Soconusco (in what is now southeastern Chiapas State, Mexico), the earliest pottery was very complex both in forms and decoration. It seems to have had a social function and beenused primarily for ritual feasting. III MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS Over a period of 3000 years, beginning in about 1500 BC, a number of important cultures emerged in M...

• Denver - geography.

  Denver is the center of professional sports in the Rocky Mountain region. Major league teams are the Denver Broncos (football), Colorado Rockies (baseball), DenverNuggets (basketball), and Colorado Avalanche (ice hockey). Coors Field (opened in 1995) is the home of the Colorado Rockies. The Broncos began play at the newlyconstructed Invesco Field at Mile High in 2001, and the Nuggets and Avalanche play at the Pepsi Center. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo, one of thelargest such shows i...

• Republic of Indonesia - country.

  Mahakam in East Kalimantan and the Martapura and Barito in South Kalimantan. Most of these rivers originate in the island’s central massif (mountain mass) and meander through extensive swamps as they approach the coast. Settlements such as Samarinda and Banjarmasin cluster along the rivers, which serve ascommunication routes into the interior. The largest rivers on Sumatra drain from west to east into the Strait of Malacca. In the north, the Asahan River once linked trade between the Batak peo...

• France - country.

  In both the Paris and Aquitaine basins, fertile soils derived from limestone and wind-deposited dust, called loess, have supported prosperous agriculture since ancienttimes. Other lowlands in France are scattered and relatively small. They include the Alsace Plain in the east, bordering Germany, the valley of the Rhône River in thesoutheast, and the Languedoc Plain along the Mediterranean coast. A2 Uplands France contains several regions of uplands, the worn down remains of ancient mountain sys...

• San Jose (California) - geography.

  The San Jose metropolitan area is an economic powerhouse. It is the single most important high-technology center in the United States, specializing in aerospace andcomputer technology. Assisting in the area’s steady innovation is its many venture capital firms, which loan money to entrepreneurs starting new companies. It isestimated that the region contains one-half of the leading venture capital firms in the world. Among the nation’s largest companies in the San Jose metropolitan regionare Inte...

• LGV Tours-Bordeaux

  chantier, pour un investissement total de 7,8 milliards d'euros. C'est le plus important chantier français d'infrastructures annoncé pour la décennie. Le financement est réalisé de la manière suivante : les collectivités publiques, c'est-à-dire l'Etat et les collectivités territoriales, et l'Union Européenne doivent assurer 44,6% du financement tandis que le reste doit provenir du Réseau Ferré de France (26,3%) et du concessionnaire (29,1%). Ainsi  la société concessionnaire est le groupement L...

• Military Religious Orders .

  Hospitalers’ charitable functions were playing a secondary role to their military duties. Successes in war defending the Holy Land enriched the order with vast gifts ofproperty in Europe and Palestine. In the 12th century the Hospitalers acquired three impressive fortresses in Palestine at Krak des Chevaliers, Belvoir, and Margat. Atthe height of their power in the 13th century, the Hospitalers regularly supplied 500 knights to defend the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem against the Empire. The Crusad...

• Australie.

  appelée localement kangaroo paws, « pattes de kangourou », est la plante emblème de l'Australie-Occidentale. 2.3. 2 Faune Environ 100 000 espèces animales différentes ont été répertoriées et décrites, mais la faune australienne en compterait jusqu’à 300 000. De nombreuses espèces sontendémiques. Par exemple, sur près de 2 000 espèces de vertébrés (hors poissons), 1350 ne se rencontrent qu’en Australie (soit 68 p. 100). Les espèces les pluscaractéristiques de la faune australienne sont des ma...

• Soleil - astronomie.

  interactions sont en outre affectées par la rotation du Soleil, qui n'est pas identique sous toutes les latitudes : le Soleil effectue une rotation tous les 27 jours dans la régionde l'équateur, contre 31 jours près des pôles. 3.2 Champ magnétique Le champ magnétique solaire est essentiellement localisé en dehors des taches. L'omniprésence du champ magnétique solaire ajoute à la complexité, à la diversité et à labeauté de l'atmosphère extérieure du Soleil. Par exemple, la forte turbulence de la...

• Estados Unidos de América - geografía.

  los Grandes Lagos incrementan este tipo de precipitaciones. En enero, se da un tiempo de intenso frío y escasa caída de nieve, a causa de que las masas de aire delAtlántico no pueden penetrar muy al norte en pleno invierno. Finalmente, las ocasionales tormentas en la kona (costa oeste) de Hawai durante el invierno son consecuencia de la entrada de masas de aire procedentes del norte del Pacífico que aprovechan el desplazamiento de la corriente en chorro hacia el sur. El régimen de lluvias habi...

• Chile - country.

  D Plant and Animal Life The indigenous plant life of Chile varies according to climatic zone. Plant life in the northern region includes brambles and cactus and has little variety. Here, theAtacama provides one of the best examples on Earth of an absolute desert. The more humid Central Valley supports several species of cacti, espino (a thorny shrub),grasses, and the Chilean pine, which bears edible nuts. Dense rain forests are located south of Valdivia with laurel, magnolia, false beech, and v...

• New Brunswick - Geography.

  Grand Lake, the largest lake in New Brunswick, is in the lowlands, east of Fredericton. Most other lakes are located in the northern and southwestern parts of NewBrunswick. D Climate New Brunswick has a continental climate that is moderated by maritime influences in the coastal areas. As a result, coastal regions are slightly warmer in the winter andslightly cooler in the summer than are interior regions. Annual temperature variations are large, with the January mean usually at least 25 to 28°C...

• New Brunswick - Canadian History.

  Grand Lake, the largest lake in New Brunswick, is in the lowlands, east of Fredericton. Most other lakes are located in the northern and southwestern parts of NewBrunswick. D Climate New Brunswick has a continental climate that is moderated by maritime influences in the coastal areas. As a result, coastal regions are slightly warmer in the winter andslightly cooler in the summer than are interior regions. Annual temperature variations are large, with the January mean usually at least 25 to 28°C...

• Les déserts

  CLIMATS , RELIEFS ET PAYSAGES L ES ŒMATS • 111\'y a pas de clim�ts désertiques, mais une dégradation des climats due à J'aridité des déserts. Les climats dits " désertiques » ont Je même régime saisonnier de pluies que reurs .voisins. • Le climat d'un désert dépend de son altitude. 1! fait !}lus chaud au niveau de la mer dans le Namib (Namibie) qu'à 2 ooo m dans Je Hoggar (Algérie). • Le clÎmat dépend aussi de sa latitude. Éloignés de l'équat...

• Guatemala - country.

  C Climate The climate of Guatemala varies according to elevation, from hot coastal plains to cold mountain heights. Most of the population lives between 900 and 2,400 m (3,000and 8,000 ft) above sea level, where there are warm days and cool nights with average annual temperatures of 20°C (68°F). The coastal regions are hot and humid,with average annual temperatures of 28°C (83°F). A rainy season, from May through October, is sometimes called “winter” because it brings cloudy afternoons andlower...

• Native American Architecture.

  B Relationship to the Universe and Nature A more profound difference between European American and Native American perceptions lay in how human beings saw themselves in relationship to the universe andin what they believed their responsibilities were to the natural world and to each other. Most European Americans saw themselves as separate from creation andadversaries of nature, ever struggling to conquer and subdue nature and force it to yield to their will. Native Americans saw themselves as...

• Québec - Geography.

  facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...

• Québec - Canadian History.

  facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...

• New York - geography.

  The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...

• New York - USA History.

  The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...

• Cauchemar dans la campagne anglaise

  sont reclus dans leur ferme, placés en quarantaine après l'abattage de leur troupeau, ou trop soucieux d'attraper le virus pours'aventurer hors de leur propriété. Mais c'est pour eux, dit le pasteur, que sonneront désormais les cloches. Et c'est en leurhonneur que le choeur entonne avec ferveur l'hymne d'une communauté à genoux. « L'hymne des périodes de guerre », confieune vieille dame, les yeux pleins de larmes. C'est toute l'Eglise d'Angleterre qui est mobilisée. Les recettes de milliers d...

• South America - Geography.

  South America is dominated by relatively warm climatic regimes. Spanning nearly the entire continent along the equator is a belt of humid tropical climate that grades tothe north and south into broad zones where the length of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall diminish. These zones have wet summers and dry winters and aresubject to prolonged droughts. Droughts are a particularly serious problem in northeastern Brazil and along the northern coast of Venezuela and Colombia. The areas ofra...

• Proche-Orient.

  en favorisant leur intégration (aussi appelé « mondialisation »), et leur libéralisation, même si celle-ci semble plus imposée par les contraintes économiques que librementdécidée. 5 HISTOIRE 5.1 Période ancienne Depuis l'Antiquité, les envahisseurs et les marchands ont parcouru la région du Proche-Orient à la recherche de nourriture, de matières premières, de marchandises, ou depouvoir politique. Les idées, les inventions et les institutions se sont répandues à partir de cette région, lui val...

• Proche-Orient.

  en favorisant leur intégration (aussi appelé « mondialisation »), et leur libéralisation, même si celle-ci semble plus imposée par les contraintes économiques que librementdécidée. 5 HISTOIRE 5.1 Période ancienne Depuis l'Antiquité, les envahisseurs et les marchands ont parcouru la région du Proche-Orient à la recherche de nourriture, de matières premières, de marchandises, ou depouvoir politique. Les idées, les inventions et les institutions se sont répandues à partir de cette région, lui val...

• Croatia - country.

  III PEOPLE OF CROATIA The total population of Croatia at the time of the 1991 census was 4,784,265; a 2008 estimate was 4,491,543. During and after the war ethnic Serbs fled Croatia whileethnic Croats moved in. Croatia’s population growth rate in 2008 was -0.04 percent, despite population gains due to immigration. Croatia’s natural population growthrate, which measures births and deaths, has been negative since 1998. Life expectancy at birth was 75 years in 2008. The population density in 2008...

• Sous-continent immense, l'Inde est la plus vaste démocratie du monde depuis 1947.

  Les corrélats Brahmapoutre Chota Nagpur Comorin (cap) Dekkan Gange Ghats Hooghly Indus Laquedives (îles) Malabar (côte de) Yamuna Climat et végétation. Le climat est profondément marqué par l'alternance des moussons. La mousson d'hiver souffle du nord-est sur la plus grande partie du pays. Elle engendre une saison sèche (et relativement fraîche dans le Nord au moins), pendant laquelle les températures nocturnes descendent au-dessous de 8 oC. Cette saison sèche se termine, de mars...

• South America - geography.

  B Natural Regions Tierra del Fuego, ArgentinaUshuaia, on Argentina’s island of Tierra del Fuego, is the world’s southernmost city. Argentina claims part of the Tierra del Fuegoarchipelago, including the largest island, known as Tierra del Fuego or Great Island, and Staten Island. Chile claims the remainder ofthe islands in the territory.R. Van Nostrand/Photo Researchers, Inc. Rising abruptly from the northwestern and western coasts of the continent are the Andes. They consist of a single chain...

• Le Croissant fertile

  LE TIGRE ET L'EUPHRATE • Long de 2 700 km, I'Eu pllrttte prend naissance au nord du lac de Van, aux confins de l'Arménie, dessine une grande courbe en Turquie avant de s'enfoncer légèrement dans le plateau syrien désertique qu'il sillonne sur 650 km. Puis il entre dans la plaine de Mésopotamie qu'il parcourt en territoire irakien, sur 1 235 km. Les eaux du fleuve n'ont cessé d'apporter la vie dans les terres du Croissant fertile. • Long de 1...

• United Kingdom - country.

  B Natural Regions and Topography The island of Great Britain can be divided into two major natural regions—the highland zone and the lowland zone. The highland zone is an area of high hills andmountains in the north and west. The lowland zone in the south and east consists mostly of rolling plains. The zones are divided by an imaginary line running throughEngland from the River Exe on the southwest coast to the mouth of the River Tees on the northeast coast. The lowland zone has a milder climat...

• La Corse UNE MONTAGNE DANS LA MER

  • Sa situation géographique et son relief expliquent la double influence, marine et montagnarde, que subit la Corse. • les variations de dénivelé entre le littoral et les hauteurs de l'arrière-pays engendrent des contrastes marqués qui se traduisent tant au niveau des températures que des précipitations dans deux types climatiques principaux : climat méditerranéen à basse altitude, sec (moins de 700 mm de pluie) ; climat alpin à haute altitude, h...

• Tampa - geography.

  The Port of Tampa is the country’s deepwater port closest to the Panama Canal and is among the nation’s busiest; products passing through the port include cement,citrus fruits, coal, petroleum, ammonia, phosphate, and sulfur. The port also is home to a shrimp fleet and is increasingly a port of departure for cruise ships. A number of highways and expressways link Tampa to the rest of the metropolitan region and the state. Interstate 4 leads inland toward Orlando and forms the axis ofthe eastern...

• Gold - chemistry.

  producers of gold during this period. Spain's domination in South America resulted, in the 16th century, in a large increase in gold produced in the New World; someresulted from simple seizure of gold from the Native Americans, who had long mined the metal. In the same century Mexico contributed about 9 percent of the totalworld production. Gold was discovered in Australia in February 1851, and rich fields were found there. By the middle of the 19th century the United States produced a considera...

• climat - géologie et géophysique.

  puis désertiques. C’est à ce niveau que l’on rencontre les grands déserts de la planète, que ce soit au niveau du tropique Nord (Sahara en Afrique, désert mexicain) ou dutropique Sud (Kalahari en Afrique, Grand Désert Victoria en Australie). Les précipitations y sont extrêmement faibles (inférieures à 250 mm par an), avec des températuresdiurnes toujours élevées (maximales de 40-50 °C) et des températures nocturnes relativement froides en raison de l’importante perte de chaleur sous un ciel clai...

• Le Proche et le Moyen-Orient

  l’Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (l’OPEP) en 1960. En 1973, à la suite de la guerre du Kippour, a lieu le premier choc pétrolier où les prix vont être multipliés par quatre. Avant tout, la région est un lieu de contacts et d’échanges mais aussi de rivalités du fait de sa position de carrefour entre l’Asie, l’Europe et l’Afrique. Des points de passage cruciaux sont toujours essentiels aux intérêts des grandes puissances. Par exemple, le détroit d’Ormuz est t...

• Los Angeles - geography.

  (2006 population, 472,494), located east of the Port of Los Angeles. The city of Compton (95,701) is located north of Long Beach, on the east side of the AlamedaCorridor. On the other side of the corridor are the cities of Torrance (142,350) and Inglewood (114,914). Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (88,050) and Beverly Hills (34,979). Both cities are enclaves:Santa Monica is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles to the north, ea...

• Los Angeles - geography.

  (2006 population, 472,494), located east of the Port of Los Angeles. The city of Compton (95,701) is located north of Long Beach, on the east side of the AlamedaCorridor. On the other side of the corridor are the cities of Torrance (142,350) and Inglewood (114,914). Northwest of Inglewood and west of downtown Los Angeles are the wealthy and fashionable Santa Monica (88,050) and Beverly Hills (34,979). Both cities are enclaves:Santa Monica is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles to the north, ea...

• Los Angeles - geography.

  size and population) among all the cities in Los Angeles County. It is irregular in shape because it has grown over the years through the annexation of surrounding territoryand cities. The city proper is shaped like a lighted torch, its narrow handle extending north from the Port of Los Angeles to downtown Los Angeles, and its flames flickeringirregularly to the north, west, and northwest. Several separate cities—such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Culver City—are partly or completely surro...

• Bélgica - geografía.

  3.1 Características de la población La población es de 10.403.951 habitantes (según estimaciones para 2008). La densidad es de 344 hab/km², una de las más altas de Europa. Las mayores concentracionesestán en las zonas industriales de Bruselas, Amberes, Lieja y Gante, así como en la región industrial entre Mons y Charleroi. En décadas recientes, la región de Limburgo haincrementado su población debido a su expansión industrial. Cerca del 10% de los belgas viven en Bruselas. La población urbana s...

• géothermie.

  3. 3 Formes d’énergie géothermique En géothermie, on exploite la chaleur du fluide soit directement, pour le chauffage de locaux ou la production d’eau chaude sanitaire par exemple, soit indirectement en produisant de l’énergie électrique. On distingue la géothermie basse énergie (production de chaleur) de la géothermie haute énergie (production d’électricité), la frontière entre les deux — un peu arbitraire — correspondant à la température sous laquelle on ne peut produire de l’électricité ave...

• Antarctica - Geography.

  The maximum area of sea ice surrounding Antarctica each winter varies from year to year. A marked decline during the 1970s appears to have reversed in more recentdecades, except in the Antarctic Peninsula area. This area has lost almost 40 percent of its sea ice since the start of the 1980s. Sea ice is important to marine life. Krillfeed on algae that live under the sea ice and are released when the ice melts in spring and summer. In turn, many marine animals feed on krill. Emperor penguinsbreed...

• Belgium - country.

  European Union (EU) directives aimed at improving Belgium’s environmental conditions concern water treatment and water quality, both significant issues in such anindustrial center. Before these directives were issued, the Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, had become polluted from steel production wastes. Otherrivers were polluted with animal wastes and fertilizers. However, Belgium failed to meet EU targets set for the early 2000s for protecting its rivers from farm pollutionand for...

• Egipto (república) - geografía.

  costa mediterránea. El limo que depositan los afluentes Rosetta (en árabe, Rashid ), Damieta (en árabe, Dumyat ) y otros más hacen del delta la región más fértil del país. Sin embargo, la presa de Asuán ha reducido el caudal del Nilo, causando que las aguas saladas del Mediterráneo penetren en el terreno a lo largo de la costa cercana a ladesembocadura del Nilo. Una serie de cuatro lagos poco profundos y salobres se extienden por la zona del delta en contacto con el mar. Otro gran lago, Birkat...

• eau, cycle de l' (faune & Flore).

  L’homme intervient dans le cycle de l’eau depuis des millénaires. Des canaux d’irrigation sont construits pour amener l’eau dans les régions arides. Des puits sont creuséspour prélever l’eau du sol. Le pompage excessif des nappes à partir de ces puits a provoqué une chute du niveau hydrostatique, épuisant ainsi de façon irréversibled’anciennes sources d’eau et provoquant la pénétration d’eau salée dans le sol de basses régions côtières à forte densité de population. Des levées sont construites p...

• Alberta - Geography.

  C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...

• Alberta - Canadian History.

  C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...

• Yemen - country.

  port. Al Ḩudaydah (155,110), in the Tih āmah, is the second largest port. Ta‘izz, (178,043), in the highlands above Aden, is an important commercial and light industrialcenter. Among Yemen’s larger towns are Şa‘dah, far to the north; Dham ār, Yarim, and Ibb, in the middle region; Al Mukall ā, on the southern coast; and in Hadhramaut,the towns of Shib ām, Say‘ ūn, and Tar īm. C Language Nearly all Yemenis speak Arabic. However, the country’s extremely rugged terrain, widely separated population...

• Amérindiens - anthropologie.

  © Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés. Il est généralement admis que le peuplement de l’Amérique commença pendant la période glaciaire qui débuta il y a environ 30 000 ans : des tribus originaires d’Asie, pratiquant la chasse, la pêche et la cueillette et disposant d’outils de pierre et d’os typiques de la fin du paléolithique, franchirent le détroit de Béring alors émergé et se dispersèrent vers le sud à la poursuite du gibier. La présence humaine est attestée en 22000 av. J.-C. au Cana...

• Native American Architecture I INTRODUCTION Native American Architecture, traditional architecture of the peoples of who lived in North America before Europeans arrived.

  Mound Builders who resided in the area.John Elk III/Bruce Coleman, Inc. Another mound building culture, named Hopewell, also appears to have originated in Ohio but expanded west to Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma, south to Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama, east to Georgia and the Appalachian Mountains, and north to Wisconsin, Michigan, and lower Ontario in Canada. The Hopewell culture lastedfrom about 200 BC to 400 AD. Hopewell people built large, linear mounds to create enclosures in geometrical...

• Uzbekistan - country.

  E Environmental Issues The evaporation of the Aral Sea is one of the worst ecological disasters in the world. The Aral has shrunk so much that it now holds only about one-fifth the volume ofwater it held in 1960. The shrinkage is due to irrigation withdrawals from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, a practice that began on a massive scale in the early 1960s aspart of the Soviet Union’s ill-conceived drive to increase cotton yields in Central Asia. Growing cotton in the naturally arid and saline soil...

• Brazil - country.

  occasional droughts. Brazil contains a wealth of mineral and plant resources that have not yet been fully explored. It possesses some of the world’s largest deposits of iron ore and containsrich deposits of many other minerals, including gold and copper. Brazil’s fossil fuel resources are modest, but this limitation is offset by the considerable hydroelectricpotential of the nation’s many rivers. Although Brazil is an important producer of tropical crops, areas of highly fertile land are limited...